Description: An older woman who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Lerissa was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lerissa's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Lerissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is thinning but still full. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. He wears his red hair up. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Healer who has hired him part-time. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Tim wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bather. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has no hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He got into the Scribe business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is physically well-built. His red hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shane has worked very hard to control his curse. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 240 gp.